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surgical diathermy

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surgical diathermy
n.
The use of electrocautery for coagulation or cauterization, as for sealing a blood vessel, resulting in local tissue destruction.
surgical diathermy.
diathermy
the use of high-frequency electrical currents as a form of physical therapy and in surgical procedures.
Diathermy is used in physical therapy to deliver moderate heat directly to pathological lesions in the deeper tissues of the body. Surgically, the extreme heat that can be produced by diathermy may be used to destroy neoplasms, warts and infected tissues, and to cauterize blood vessels to prevent excessive bleeding. The technique is particularly valuable in neurosurgery and surgery of the eye. See also electrosurgery.
surgical diathermy
electrosurgery.


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